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TED: YOU CAN CALL DONALD POLZIN
A COLORFUL CHARACTER WITH A LOT
TALENT.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY TALENT.
I JUST DRAW PRETTY PICTURES.
WELL, I THINK ARE PRETTY.
TED: AT 92-YEARS-OLD, HE DOESN'T
GET AROUND MUCH THESE DAYS.
BUT HE HAS A NEW PASSION.
HE USES DOZENS OF COLORED
PENCILS TO MAKE MAGI
>> THEY JUST FUEL MY MEMORIES.
TED: THIS IS POLZIN IN THE
1940'S.
HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING
WORLD WAR II.
>> SO HE DID A LOT OF SAVING
LIVES.
A LOT OF MEDICAL STUFF.
AND THEN HE WENT SO FAR AS TO
RESCUE PEOPLE FROM CONCENTRATION
CAMPS, WHICH IS A DIFFICULT
THING FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT.
TED: HE LATER BECAME AN
ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPED
PROPERTIES ON THE TREASURE
COAST.
BUT THESE DAYS, DEMENTIA HAS
SLOWED HIM DOWN.
>> WITH PAPA'S MEMORY, HE CAN
TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT 1940, 1950,
1960 LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
HE COULD TELL YOU ABOUT HIS
CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, WHAT THEY DID
TO GET IN TROUBLE.
BUT HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT FIVE,
10 MINUTES AGO.
TED: HIS FAMILY NOTICED A CHANGE
WHEN HE MADE A CHRISTMAS CARD
ONE YEAR
THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, THE
COLORS.
>> SO WE STARTED GETTING HIM
COLORING BOOKS WITH THESE
DIFFERENT KINDS OF PRINTS, AND
HE WOULD WORK ON IT FOR HOURS
AND HOURS.
TED: POLZIN HAS COMPLETED DOZENS
OF PICTURES THAT ARE WORKS OF
ART.
>> WHY DO I LIKE DOING IT?
IT'S JUST SOMETHING I LIKE TO
DO.
TED: POLZIN'S FAMILY HOPES HIS
PASSION WILL SPARK A FIRE IN
OTHER PEOPLE HIS AGE
>> I REALLY THINK IT'S GIVEN US
A LOT MORE YEARS WITH PAPA.
I DON'T KNOW THAT HE WOULD BE
INSPIRED TO KEEP GOING WITHOUT
SOMETHING THAT HE'S PASSIONATE